Stationery holder



Jan. 17, 1928,

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Patented Jan. 17, 1928.

unrrso stares BETTY SUVAN, or onroaeo, ILLINOIS, assrenon ro nnraasn'rn sunt van, or

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Application filed March 15, 1926. Serial No. 94,803.

, My invention relates to stationery holders, constructed and designed for use in conjunction with typewriting machines, to effect a saving both of time and labor in connection with the operations involved in typing or addressing letters, circulars andthe'like.

Another object ofmy invention is to provide a device of this character which will embody certain desired features of simplic-v ity, efiiciency and convenience and which will be economical in manufacture.

Other objects will appear hereinafter. The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter de- The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specificatiomand in which,

Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of a stationery holder made in accordance with my present invention;

Fig. 2 represents a side elevational view of my improved holder as it appears in association with a typewriting machine;

Fig. 3 represents a front elevational view of my holder; and,

Fig. 4 represents a vertical section taken on the line l-4l of Fig. 3. j

My improved stationery holder, in its preferred embodiment as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, includes a base body 5 which is adapted to be placed upon the top surface 6 of the table or support on which the typewriter 7 is supported for operation. Rising centrally from the base body 5 is a socket member 8 having abore 9 in which the pedestal rod 10 has adjustable fit. A thumb screw 10 tapped transversely into the socket member 8 is preferably employed as means whereby to secure the pedestal rod at the elevation desired.

Upon the top of the pedestal rod, which is bent at an angle and threaded at 11, is adjustably mounted a stationery tray 12. Preferably and as shown, the means whereby the tray 12 is mounted for adjustment upon the pedestal rod 10 comprises a bridge piece 13 which is longitudinally slotted at 14 in order adjustably to fit astride the angu larly bent end 11. For securing the bridge piece in the adjusted posit-ion desired, nuts 15 and 16 are applied to the angularly bent end 11 above and below the bridge piece.

Secured to the bridge piece as by means of rivet-s 1? is a plate 18 which is provided with upstanding retaining flanges 19 atits opposite side edges adjacent to its, top end 20. Owing to the provision of the angularly bent end 11 on the pedestal rod, the bridge piece 13 and plate 18 are supported in oblique position. The holding structure, it will be observed, is placed behind the type r writing machine so that the tray may be ad justed relatively to the feed board 21 of said machine. It Will be evident that upon loosening the nut 15 the. tray maybe adjusted both toward and away from the feed board 21 and also that it may be swivelly adjusted so as to bring it into any position desiredwith respect to said feed board. The plate 18, at its lower end, is fitted with an adjustable retaining flange 22.] As to this A, last mentioned feature, the construction as herein-disclosed, consists in providing the 5: plate 18 with a transverse opening or slot 23 in which the flange22 is frictionally fitted so that it will be maintained at any position to which it is adjustedQ-The top and bottom ends of the retaining flange 22 are rolled to provide suitable beads 2 whereby to prevent the flange from being disconnected from the plate 18. The letters or circulars to be typed or addressed are placed upon the plate 18 between the flange 19 so as to abut upon the adjustable flange 22 by which they are retaincdupon the plate. By making the retaining flange 22 adjustable toward and away from the face of the plate 18, the typist may move the flange in accom 9G paniment with the height of the stack of letters or circulars to be typed.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that a neat appearing and effective stationery holder has been disclosed whereby the typist will have the circulars or letters to be typed or addressed in close proximity to the feed board 21. l Vhen, by this arrangement, itis desired to insert a new letter or circular in the typewriting machine it is only necessary for the typist to reach up over the machine, to picl: up the sheet to be typed and to slide it directly downwardly over the feed board 21. My improved stationery holder may also be used to advantage in holding and positioning material which is to be copied.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification Without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not Wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come Within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my inventioi'n, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. Al stationery holding structure com prising supporting means; a tray adjustably mounted in inclined position on the supporting means; and a retaining flange located at the lower end of said inclined tray; said retaining flange being mounted in a transverse slot for axial adjustment toward and away from the face oi. said tray and for transverse adjustment relative to the plane of the face of the tray, substantially as described.

2. A stationery holding structure comprisingsupporting means; a plate supported in inclined position upon the supporting means; and retaining flange members rising from said inelinedl plate. one of said flange members being mounted in a slot and arranged for adjustment toward and away from the face of said plate and for transverse adjustment relatively to the plane of the face of the tray, substantially as described.

3. A stationery holding structure comprising supporting means including a podestal rod having an end angularly bent and threaded; a slotted bridge piece arranged astride said end and capable of having swiveling adjustment thereon; adjusting means comprising nuts threaded on said end above and below said bridge piece; and a tray carried by the bridge piece, said tray having a supporting flange and said flange being adapted for pivotal and translational move ment, substantially as described.

at. A stationery holder comprising a vertical standard. means for supporting a plate obliquely at the upper end of said vertical standard, comprising means for attaching to the undertace of said plate a slotted bridge piece longitudinally and axially adjustable on the vertical standard by means of two coacting elements and stationery retaining flanges carried by the plate, one of said re taining flanges being susceptible of pivotal and translational movement'in a slot in said plate.

A stationery holding structure coinprising supporting means including a pedestal rod; a bridge piece adjustably arranged on said rod; and tray means attached to the said bridge piece; said tray having a retaining flange member adapted for pivotal and translational movement in a slot, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

BETTY SUVAN. 

